Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton

1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$692.67

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,356.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$133.28 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $6,009.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|All Plans $133.28 ↓ -81%
HPSJ Medicaid|> 21 $133.28 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Commercial|Affiliated Payers $145.95 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Commercial|All Other Plans $145.95 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $152.94 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $152.94 ↓ -78%
Sutter UMR Commercial|All Plans $347.50 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $415.16 ↓ -40%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $417.00 ↓ -40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $500.40 ↓ -28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $569.90 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|HMO $583.80 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $583.80 ↓ -16%
Medcore Commercial|Without ER $590.75 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|Options PPO $618.55 ↓ -11%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $625.50 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $695.00 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $695.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $695.00 ↑ +0%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $695.00 ↑ +0%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $695.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $695.00 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $695.00 ↑ +0%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $695.00 ↑ +0%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $695.00 ↑ +0%
Medcore Commercial|With ER $695.00 ↑ +0%
United Medicare|All Plans $998.25 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $998.25 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,122.00 ↑ +351%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,199.00 ↑ +362%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,189.00 ↑ +505%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,209.00 ↑ +508%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,209.00 ↑ +508%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,209.00 ↑ +508%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,277.00 ↑ +517%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,074.00 ↑ +633%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,794.00 ↑ +736%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,009.00 ↑ +768%

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Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton not published $939.66 – $939.66
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $533.05 $188.12 – $1,628.92
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,313.76 $954.29 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,851.10 $152.94 – $4,036.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,627.59 $152.94 – $3,432.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $570.97 $152.94 – $1,231.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $722.99 $152.94 – $1,215.81
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,461.15 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00

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